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Main area: SSU - 9a SDGH Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract: 12 months (Secondment for a period of up to 12 months until April 2026) Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 409-7025117
Site: Southport Hospital Town: Kew Southport Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum Salary period: Yearly Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59 Interview date: 02/04/2025
Job overview
1. Provides clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff, ensuring effective running of ward/department in the absence of Department Ward Manager.
2. To provide advice and support for colleagues to plan, monitor, implement and evaluate skilled and appropriate care for patients and ensure the provision of evidence-based practice.
3. To work within the NMC Code and professional nursing guidance.
Main duties of the job
KEY DUTIES
1. Provide leadership, management, and team development as delegated by the Department/Ward Manager, allocating workloads.
2. Contribute to setting goals and benchmarking standards of care. Develop tools to improve the quality of the service and coordinate clinical services across the ward.
3. To coordinate and manage patient flow within the unit including timely admission and discharge, ensuring national targets are met where possible.
4. To promote the unit and the Trust as a whole in the most positive manner to patients, relatives, and the local population.
5. To have knowledge of relevant national and local health policies and their impact on the service. To inform/escalate to Department/Ward Manager / Matron if acceptable levels of care, standards, practice, and patient safety are compromised and develop appropriate actions.
6. To assist and/or lead in the development/implementation of local and trust policies and protocols relevant to the specialty, ensuring effective implementation in the local area.
7. To manage control and quality of levels of stock and equipment within the clinical and non-clinical areas and promote and ensure economic use of all resources.
8. To attend corporate groups as a representative of the directorate and team.
9. To represent the clinical area on working groups as appropriate and at relevant conferences at regional and national level.
Working for our organisation
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals. From 1st July, we have come together as a single organization under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk, and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery, and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man, and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
* CARE that is evidence-based, high quality, and compassionate
* SAFETY that is of the highest standards
* COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive, and respectful
* SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient-centered, and reliable
* PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
* Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To promote and deliver effective communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team and other wards and departments in the Trust and externally.
2. To participate in the business planning process, helping to identify areas for service development and improvement.
3. In the absence or as delegated by the Department/Ward Manager, initiate and coordinate investigations of incidents, accidents, complaints involving staff, patients, and visitors in accordance with the trust policies and lead in any investigations where required to do so.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Diploma / degree level or equivalent experience.
* Current NMC Registration.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
* Leadership training or qualification (minimum Level 3 ILM or equivalent) or working towards.
Knowledge & Experience
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code.
* Experience of leading a team in a clinical environment.
* Research awareness and commitment to evidence-based practice.
* Experience of clinical risk assessment & management of identified risk.
* Understanding key features of Clinical governance.
* Knowledge of audit & audit procedures.
Skills
* Up to date clinical skills to ensure quality of services being provided by ward.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Excellent organizational skills – prioritize and coordinate own workload.
* Able to act as a leader, effectively managing staff in the department.
* Ability to coordinate & liaise with MDT members.
* Computer literacy, e.g., experience of electronic patient record.
Other
* Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position; occasional moderate effort for several short periods.
* Frequent concentration, work pattern unpredictable Concentration for patient clinical work.
* Working in ward environment providing direct clinical care.
* Potential blood or body fluids exposure.
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust that is one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspectives, and experiences you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, and in particular those from under-represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk.
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details, are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enroll for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
· All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
· There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
· Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to discuss flexible working options at the interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognize staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
The Trust is a non-smoking environment across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behavior examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here.
An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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